The medical world continues to make extraordinary advances in both scientific knowledge and surgical skill, yet despite these achievements, surgeons continue to struggle with the challenge of postoperative infection. Without proper prevention or treatment, orthopedic infection can become just as life-threatening as the initial trauma. This highly informative clinical go-to text provides the core principles, treatment options, and the latest information and research specifically for the purpose of helping physicians manage orthopedic infections and related issues. The book's key features includ.

• Principles of Orthopedic Infection Management
• Media Center Information
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Foreword
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Contributors
• Table of Contents
• Section 1: Principles
  • 1 Implant-associated biofilm
  • 2 Host immunity
  • 3 Microbiology
  • 4 Prevention of intraoperative infection
  • 5 Systemic antibiotics
  • 6 Local delivery of antibiotics and antiseptics
  • 7 Diagnostics
• Section 2: Special situations
  • 8 Open fractures
  • 9.1 Infection after fracture
  • 9.2 Infected nonunion
  • 10 Infection after joint arthroplasty
  • 11.1 Septic arthritis
  • 11.2 Septic arthritis after anterior cruciate ligament surgery
  • 12 Spondylodiscitis
  • 13 Soft-tissue infections
  • 14 Open wounds
• Section 3: Cases
  • 15.1 Acutely infected tibial nail
  • 15.2 Acutely infected lateral malleolar fracture
  • 15.3 Acutely infected proximal humerus after soft-tissue repair
  • 15.4 Infected tibial delayed union with broken implants
  • 15.5 Acutely infected proximal femoral fracture—dynamic hip screw
  • 15.6 Acutely infected proximal femoral fracture—proximal femoral nail
  • 16.1 Chronically infected distal tibial fracture
  • 16.2 Chronically infected proximal tibial fracture
  • 16.3 Chronically infected distal femoral fracture
  • 16.4 Chronically infected hip hemiarthroplasty
  • 16.5 Chronically infected distal radial fracture
  • 17 Acute osteomyelitis of the femur
  • 18 Chronic osteomyelitis of the tibia
  • 19.1 Implant removal—infected nonunion of the distal humerus
  • 19.2 Implant removal—infected nonunion of the tibia
  • 19.3 Implant removal—chronically infected total hip arthroplasty
  • 19.4 Implant removal—chronic infection after total knee arthroplasty
  • 19.5 Implant removal—infected total knee replacement
  • 19.6 Implant removal—infected total shoulder arthroplasty
  • 19.7 Implant removal—acutely infected total ankle arthroplasty
  • 19.8 Implant removal—chronically infected total elbow arthroplasty
  • 20 Pediatric osteomyelitis
  • 20.1 Osteomyelitis of the distal tibia
  • 20.2 Osteomyelitis of the proximal humerus
  • 20.3 Postoperative osteomyelitis of the tibia
  • 20.4 Osteomyelitis/septic arthritis of the proximal femur in a toddler
  • 21 Treatment of infection with limited resources
• Glossary
• Index